Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-24
COL @ AZ
Home plate: Bruce Dreckman
“Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines.”
Umpire Grade
92.0% accurate
Run Favor
runs, COL
ABS Overturns
of 0 reviewed
What this shows — how Bruce Dreckman called the 112 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 103 right. Below, only his misses are plotted, alongside every pitch the ABS (Automated Ball-Strike System) reviewed on a challenge.
The zone, as he called it
strike called ballball called strike
The calls that moved the game
- 1+0.20▼2 · 2-1 strike called ball
Tommy Troy vs Jose Quintana - 2+0.13▲3 · 1-1 strike called ball
Brett Sullivan vs Ryne Nelson - 3+0.13▲8 · 1-1 strike called ball
Tyler Freeman vs Ryne Nelson
Run impact from the count run-value table: a missed strike three is worth far more than one on 3-0.
ABS — the Automated Ball-Strike System
No pitches were challenged tonight.